These two teaching guides, one for the novel "Summer Song," (appropriate for grades 5 through 8) and one for the novel "Libby Bloom" (appropriate for grades 3 through 6) are designed to help teachers use these children's books in interdisciplinary classroom settings. The "Summer Song" guide offers thematic links on the topics of "friendship,""family,""compromise," and "separation and loss," and interdisciplinary links for language arts, math, social science, music, and art. The guide provides thematic links on the topics of "friendship,""family," and "self confidence," and interdisciplinary links for math, social studies, language arts, music, art, computers, and science. (NKA)